Humoral immune abnormalities in human brucellosis.
Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)
; 13(5): 417-24, 1985.
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| ID: mdl-4083235
ABSTRACT
Humoral immune responses were evaluated in a group of patients with acute brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis biotype I. Levels of immunoglobulins, C3 and C4, and the presence of antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor and circulating immune complexes were sequentially studied in all brucellosis patients during the acute phase of the disease and following specific therapy. Elevated levels of all immunoglobulin classes, IgG, IgM and IgA and C3, C4, were found in the majority of patients. Antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor and circulating immune complexes were found in circulation, particularly during the active stages. These findings provide support for the participation of the humoral immune system in the pathogenesis of human brucellosis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Brucelose
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Formação de Anticorpos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)
Ano de publicação:
1985
Tipo de documento:
Article